Wire fence



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.) n

G. M. DEPBW.

l WIRE FENCE. N. 525,448. Patented Sept. 4, 1894.

' UNITED 'STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. DEPEW, OF CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK.

WIRE FENCE."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,448, dated September 4, 1894.

Application filed March 28, 18 94.

To all wiz/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. DEPEW, a resident of Canandaigua, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to wire fences.

It is desirable that a wire fence stay and tie should be of such form that they can be completed in the shop by machinery or otherwise and also be suitably connected to vbe transported together to the place of use and that the tie shall then be held and presented to the line wire in a manner to readily receive said wire preparatory to securing it and the stay together and that the stay andtie be .equally applicable to fences having different numbers of line wires and that their connec tion with each other and with each line wire be free from danger of displacement or injury.

The general object of this invention is therefore to provide a simple and secure stay and tie for supporting the line wires of a fence intermediate the main posts that can be cheaply supplied to the public and conveniently applied to any ordinary wire fence; and itfconsists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly pointed out.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of fence. Fig. 2 is au enlarged view showing means for tying a line wire and stay. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are views of modifications. Fig. 7 represents a tie adapted to be slipped over the end of a stay.

Numeral 1 denotes the fence posts, 2 the line wires, 3 the stays and 4 the ties. The stays are preferably made of heavy wire indented upon one side as shown at 5, but they may be indented on more than one side. These indentations are formed in the wire by suitable dies and pressure, or by equivalent means, though they may be formed by sawing or cutting. They extend by preference throughout the whole or the greater part of the length of the stay. 6 denotes eyes or Serial No. 505,460- (No model.)

loops whereby the stay can be connected to the top and bottom line wire.

Each tie wire is wound about the stay and engages these indentations in such manner as to prevent the tie from being slipped either' up or down and so as to present two free ends 4 adapted to receive a line wire between thempreparatory to the winding of those ends about said line wire. The ties may be wound about the stay by machinery and the stay and tie sent to market or to the field for use as one, or the tie can be partly formed and so as to leave the coil`sufliciently open to permit its slipping freely over and along the stay when it is to be applied to a fence.

Preferably the stay will be arranged with respect to the line'wires as shown in Fig. 2 with the Vindentations on the side of the stay toward the length of 'the fence. The coiled part of the tie is by preference made to embrace two or more of the indentations by being wound one and a halt" times about the stay as represented in said Fig. 2. The line Wire is conveniently introduced between the ends of the tie indicated in Fig. 7 and each end is then wound about the line wire on opposite sides of the stay, one of the ends crossing the other as indicated at 8. In Fig. 3 the tie is shown asy wound two and a half times about the stay and the latter arranged out sacrificing all the advantages of the improvement.' Each of two coils of atie may bewound in a separate Aindentation and the line wire tied into an intermediate one as indicated in Fig. 6.-

As the stays are provided with indentations throughout the greater part of their length they can be applied to fences having any desired number of line wires and these can be arranged at various distances apart. The indentations provide bearing shoulders for the tie, and for the line wire also, if desired, which preclude any accidental slipping of the tie and line wire on the stay even. under the weight of a person climbing over the fence or bythe rubbing or crowding of animals. It is also obvious that the stay having ties IDO 

